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Monday, November 25, 2013

Now that Pokémon X and Y have been released (I bought Y) and the Pokémon Bank + Poké Transfer will be out in about a month's time, everyone with older Pokémon games should be thinking about what they want to transfer over. (Never underestimate the importance of planning!)

Below is a list of what I have to transfer and what I still have to get. I want to take advantage of the free trial that you have until January 31, 2014 to claim, and you probably do too. After the trial, you must pay $5 to transfer, and you have to renew your subscription to it every year (in other words, you have to keep paying $5 every year if you want to keep on transferring).Pokémon White 2 to Pokémon Y

my shiny collection (in PC, ready to transfer)

the Pokemon I caught to complete the National Pokédex in White 2 (in PC, ready to transfer)

my competitive teams(in PC, ready to transfer)

Pokémon that have sentimental value(some in PC; most are still in Emerald, FireRed, Pearl and HeartGold and need to be transferred to White 2 first)

female Pokémon in special apricorn balls, since X and Y let female Pokémon pass down their ball when breeding (still have to catch in HeartGold)

legendaries and event legendaries (most are still in Pearl and HeartGold)

Pokémon with moves taught by special move tutors that aren't available in newer games, such as Seismic Toss Chansey/Blissey (still have to research)

Pokémon from NPC trades and gifts (still need to research)

Remember that the Pokémon Bank only lets you transfer Pokémon from Black/White/Black2/White2 to X/Y. You cannot transfer items to X and Y. You also cannot transfer your Notch-Eared Pichu from HeartGold/SoulSilver because it's impossible to transfer it to Gen 5 in the first place. Pokémon hacked using an Action Replay or a computer program probably won't be transferable too, unless you did a perfect job of hacking them. Duplicated/cloned Pokémon should have no problems, as long as the original was legitimately obtained. The image below is from the official Pokémon website:

When the Pokémon Bank and Poké Transfer features are released, I will be writing a step-to-step guide with pictures explaining how to use it, so look forward to that. For you collectors with older games, I will also be writing a guide explaining what move tutors you should be interested in, as well as how to get all of the NPC trade/gift Pokémon.